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1964 Great Alaska Earthquake: a photographic tour of Anchorage, Alaska
On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the largest recorded earthquake in U.S. history, struck southcentral Alaska (fig. 1). The Great Alaska Earthquake (also known as the Good Friday Earthquake) occurred at a pivotal time in the history of earth science, and helped lead to the acceptance of plate tectonic theory (Cox, 1973; Brocher and others, 2014). All large subduction zon
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Evan E. Thoms, Peter J. Haeussler, Rebecca Anderson, Robert G. McGimsey
Evaluating a slope-stability model for shallow rain-induced landslides using gage and satellite data
Improving prediction of landslide early warning systems requires accurate estimation of the conditions that trigger slope failures. This study tested a slope-stability model for shallow rainfall-induced landslides by utilizing rainfall information from gauge and satellite records. We used the TRIGRS model (Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-based Regional Slope-stability analysis) for simula
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S. Yatheendradas, D. Kirschbaum, Rex L. Baum, Jonathan W. Godt
Evolution of wear and friction along experimental faults
We investigate the evolution of wear and friction along experimental faults composed of solid rock blocks. This evolution is analyzed through shear experiments along five rock types, and the experiments were conducted in a rotary apparatus at slip velocities of 0.002–0.97 m/s, slip distances from a few millimeters to tens of meters, and normal stress of 0.25–6.9 MPa. The wear and friction measurem
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Yeval Boneh, Jefferson C. Chang, David A. Lockner, Zeev Reches
HiRISE observations of Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) during southern summer on Mars
Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are active features on Mars that might require flowing water. Most examples observed through 2011 formed on steep, equator-facing slopes in the southern mid-latitudes. They form and grow during warm seasons and fade and often completely disappear during colder seasons, but recur over multiple Mars years. They are recognizable by their incremental growth, relatively low
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Lujendra Ojha, Alfred McEwen, Colin M. Dundas, Shane Byrne, Sarah Mattson, James Wray, Marion Masse, Ethan Schaefer
ChemCam results from the Shaler Outcrop in Gale Crater, Mars
The "Shaler" outcrop in Gale crater is approximately 0.7 m thick and >20 m long, and exhibits multiple well-exposed platy and cross-stratified facies [1] interpreted to be primarily fluvial sandstone deposits. The outcrop is a part of the upper Glenelg member in the Yellowknife Bay (YKB) stratigraphic section [2]. Curiosity first encountered the "Shaler" outcrop on sol 121 of the mission, and retu
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Ryan Bradley Anderson, L. Edgar, J.C. Bridges, A. Williams, J. Williams, A. Ollila, O. Forni, N. Mangold, N. Lanza, V. Sautter, S. Gupta, D. Blaney, B. Clark, G. Clegg, G. Dromart, O. Gasnault, J. Lasue, S. Le Mouélic, Richard Léveillé, E. Lewin, K. Lewis, S. Maurice, Marion Nachon, H. Newsom, D. Vaniman, R. C. Wiens
Determining grain characteristics in the Shaler Outcrop with ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager mosaics
Analysis of grain size distribution from RMI mosaics (Curiosity) are used to better define variations in grain size and facies in the Shaler outcrop.
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A. J. Williams, J. M. Williams, R.B. Anderson, L.A. Edgar, H. Newsom, S. Le Mouélic, M. Minitti, R. Wiens, S. Maurice
Characterizing the primary material sources and dominant erosional processes for post-fire debris-flow initiation in a headwater basin using multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning data
Wildfire dramatically alters the hydrologic response of a watershed such that even modest rainstorms can produce hazardous debris flows. Relative to shallow landslides, the primary sources of material and dominant erosional processes that contribute to post-fire debris-flow initiation are poorly constrained. Improving our understanding of how and where material is eroded from a watershed during a
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Dennis M. Staley, Thad A. Waslewicz, Jason W. Kean
Gravity, magnetic, and radiometric data for Newberry Volcano, Oregon, and vicinity
Newberry Volcano in central Oregon is a 3,100-square-kilometer (1,200-square-mile) shield-shaped composite volcano, occupying a location east of the main north-south trend of the High Cascades volcanoes and forming a transition between the High Lava Plains subprovince of the Basin and Range Province to the east and the Cascade Range to the west. Magnetic, gravity, and radiometric data have been ga
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Jeff Wynn
2009 Volcanic activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands: Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) responded to eruptions, possible eruptions, volcanic unrest, and reports of unusual activity at or near eight separate volcanic centers in Alaska during 2009. The year was highlighted by the eruption of Redoubt Volcano, one of three active volcanoes on the western side of Cook Inlet and near south-central Alaska's population and commerce centers, which comprise
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Robert G. McGimsey, Christina A. Neal, Olga A. Girina, Marina Chibisova, Alexander Rybin
Real-time inversions for finite fault slip models and rupture geometry based on high-rate GPS data
We present an inversion strategy capable of using real-time high-rate GPS data to simultaneously solve for a distributed slip model and fault geometry in real time as a rupture unfolds. We employ Bayesian inference to find the optimal fault geometry and the distribution of possible slip models for that geometry using a simple analytical solution. By adopting an analytical Bayesian approach, we can
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Sarah E. Minson, Jessica R. Murray, John O. Langbein, Joan S. Gomberg
Time causal operational estimation of electric fields induced in the Earth's lithosphere during magnetic storms
In support of projects for monitoring geomagnetic hazards for electric power grids, we develop a simple mathematical formalism, consistent with the time causality of deterministic physics, for estimating electric fields that are induced in the Earth's lithosphere during magnetic storms. For an idealized model of the lithosphere, an infinite half‐space having uniform electrical conductivity propert
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Jeffrey J. Love, Andrei Swidinsky
Volcanic glass signatures in spectroscopic survey of newly proposed lunar pyroclastic deposits
Moon Mineralogy Mapper spectroscopic observations are used to assess the mineralogy of five sites that have recently been proposed to include lunar dark mantle deposits (DMDs). Volcanic glasses have, for the first time, clearly been identified at the location of three of the proposed pyroclastic deposits. This is the first time that volcanic glasses have been identified at such a small scale on th
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Sebastien Besse, Jessica Sunshine, Lisa R. Gaddis